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Æ27 - Gallienus (sole reign) (ΑΛΑΒΑΝΔΕΩΝ)
| Issuer | Alabanda (Conventus of Alabanda) |
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| Year | 260-268 |
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| Reference(s) | X#60032 |
| Obverse description | Radiate and cuirassed bust of Emperor Gallienus facing left, with a shield visible on the shoulder as seen from the rear. The imperial effigy is rendered in the typical provincial style of the Carian mint during the sole reign. The obverse legend encircles the bust in Greek characters, identifying the emperor by his full titulature. |
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| Reverse description | A stylized tree or branch, depicted upright in the center of the field with multiple spreading lateral branches bearing elongated leaves or fruit, set upon a horizontal ground line. The design is rendered in typical provincial bronze style, with the tree motif likely representing an olive or laurel tree, a symbol associated with the city of Alabanda. The reverse legend encircles the central device within a dotted border, identifying the issuing city in the genitive case. |
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Alabanda, a city in Caria whose citizens were mocked by Cicero in De Oratore as the archetypal provincial rubes, nonetheless operated a vigorous civic bronze coinage under Gallienus's sole reign — the years following Valerian's catastrophic capture by Shapur I in 260 AD, which left the empire simultaneously fractured by the Gallic breakaway state in the west and the Palmyrene sphere in the east. Civic issues from Carian mints during this window are notably inconsistent in fabric, likely reflecting disrupted metal supply chains rather than any administrative change.